Our very own Adam Boyd, Managing Partner here at Gibbs Houston Pauw featured in a recent podcast with Latte with a Lawyer. To listen to this podcast: click here. Source By EmotionTrac Latte with a Lawyer is a podcast featuring the stories of attorneys and their strategies and tactics for...
DHS Announces Extension of REAL ID Full Enforcement Deadline
Release Date: December 5, 2022 DHS has indicated that it will delay the full implementation of the REAL ID act until May 2025. This has major implications for domestic travel and will still allow individuals with non-enhanced Washington driver’s licenses to pass through airport security on domestic flights. This provides a...
Supporting litigation with American Immigration Council
When the U.S. government told immigrants who had been waiting for years that they couldn't become American citizens because their records were locked in government caves, we sued. Earlier this year, we filed a lawsuit against U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services and the National Archives. The agencies dragged their feet...
One of the Best Immigration Lawyers in Seattle
Gibbs Houston Pauw. has been identified as one of the Best Immigration Lawyers in Seattle and is published on Expertise.com and will be promoted throughout 2022. Source: Best Immigration Lawyers in Seattle
Immigrants and Their Advocates File Class Action Lawsuit Against USCIS and DHS for Unlawful Delays in Adjudicating Applications for Employment Authorization
Seattle, WA - Last Friday, three immigrants and two immigration service providers filed a nationwide class action lawsuit here in Seattle against U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for unlawfully delaying the adjudication of their applications for employment authorization. Filed by the American...
Federal District Court Orders Department of State to Issue Passport
The federal court in Seattle recently found that Washington resident Carlos Acosta was a U.S. citizen and ordered the State Department to renew his passport. Acosta was born in a relative’s home in Colorado, and then returned to Mexico shortly thereafter. Because the birth was registered both in Colorado and...
Consular Office Denial of Immigrant Visas: GHP Files Amicus Brief in United States Supreme Court
Gibbs Houston Pauw has filed an amicus brief in Kerry v. Din, a case pending before the U.S. Supreme Court, arguing that courts should be able to review and reverse arbitrary decisions made by consular officers to deny visas. This case addresses the doctrine of consular nonreviewability, the general rule...
Robert Gibbs Talks to KIRO7 News about President Obama’s Executive Action on Immigration
Robert Gibbs talks to KIRO7 News about President Obama's Executive Action on immigratoin. (more…)
Seattle Federal Court Finds USCIS and Department of State Manipulated the Record and Abused the Judicial Process in J-1 Waiver Litigation, and Awards Bad Faith Attorney’s Fees
In a recent federal court case in Seattle, District Judge Ricardo Martinez harshly criticized the USCIS and State Department for manipulating the record and consistently making misrepresentations to the court about the evidence that it considered in a J-1 waiver adjudication. The court awarded over $50,000 in attorney’s fees to...
Seattle Times article by former GHP client: My journey from an undocumented immigrant to Harvard Medical School
By Carlos Estrada Alamo The Seattle Times: http://seattletimes.com/html/opinion/2025110355_alamoopedimmigrationreform27xml.html?from=win_phone_8 AFTER years of delay, President Obama has finally acted on immigration reform. This is a watershed moment in my life and the life of my community in Seattle. These days I am studying for a doctor of medicine degree at Harvard Medical...